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Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh

author(s) Sheahan, Megan - Liu, Yanyan - Barrett, Christopher B - Narayanan, Sudha
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
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Sheahan, Megan et al., 'Preferential resource allocation? Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., 2014

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Abstract

India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) employs about 50 million men and women every year and offers an important opportunity for in-vestigating the link between public works spending and the politi-cal allocation of funds. First of all, MGNREGS is derived from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which grants citizens the “right to work” on local in-frastructure projects at a set minimum wage.

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